Now the government must outline path of fiscal correction, put investment back on track. The UPA government announced a number of reform measures last week.

States will no longer be able to drag their feet on taking timebound remedial actions.

The Odisha Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency (OSSAAT), an independent unit to conduct social audit of the MGNREGS’ implementation in the State, will start functioning from O

Cheques to the value of Rs 2.08 crore were distributed to 89 villages in Sivaganga, Tiruppuvanam, Ilayankudi, S. Pudur and Kannangudi panchayat unions for undertaking poverty eradication programmes under the ‘Pudu Vazhvu’ scheme here on Thursday.

Collector V. Rajaraman, who gave away the cheques to representatives of village poverty eradication committees, said that the scheme was being implemented in the first phase in five panchayat unions of Sivaganga district.

Rising inflation and a slowdown in growth had little impact on the rural consumption patterns which outpaced urban spending in the two year period between 2009-10 and 2011-12.

Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission Scheme (TNSRLM), a programme to alleviate poverty in rural areas by improving the income of the households, is to be implemented in 266 panchayats in Nagapattinam and Ariyalur district.

In Nagapattinam district, this programme would be implemented in 199 panchayats in the blocks of Semmanarkoil, Kollidam, Vedaranyam, Sirkazhi and Keezhayur during the current financial year, and in Nagapattinam and Thalainayar panchayat unions during 2013-14.

NEW DELHI, 3 AUG: Reflecting the gravity of the situation, the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) on drought will meet here again on Tuesday, 7 August, to discuss the drought situation in the coun

Ranking list of districts on the basis of various public welfare works undertaken under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA for the month of June has been released.

The Centre has approved a Rs 240-crore action plan of the State Government under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).

Around 5 million people benefited from the World Bank’s Second Poverty Alleviation Fund Project, with half of them being women during 2004 to 2011.